Clasp for hose-supporters



J. S. LEAHY.

CLASP FOR HOSE SUPPORTERS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1919.

Patented .Oct. 18, 1921.

UNITED STATES JOHN S. LEARY, OF NORTH CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP FOR HOSE-SUPPORTERS.

Application filed January 15, 1919.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. LEARY, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clasps forHose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to claspsfor hose supporters.

The object of the invention is to provide a clasp for a hose supportercapable of securely holding material clamped thereto without puncturingor tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

The invention further consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointedout in the claim thereof.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvedhose supporter showing the upper end thereof attached to a portion ofthe drawers leg and the lower end attached to a stocking.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 and 6 are the upper and lower clasps respectively,said clasps being connected together by a piece of tape 7. Th upper andlower clasps are duplicates and the following description of the lowerclasp will apply equally well to the upper clasp.

The clamp 6 is formed of a flat piece of metal bent midway of its endsat 8 to receive a loop 9 which loop is attached to the lower end of thetape 7. The clasp, therefore, consists of two jaws 10 and 11, the jaw 10terminating at its lower free end in a cylindrical portion 12 whichextends transversely entirely across the jaw 10. The lower free end ofthe jaw 11 terminates in a curved portion 1?, which partly encircles thecylindrical portion 12 of the jaw 10 when the jaws are clamped togetheras illustrated in Fig. 2.

I Said jaws are clamped together by means of a metal band 14 whichencircles both of the jaws 10 and 11 and is slidable thereon. The j aw10 diverges midway of its length at 15 from the jaw 11 so that when theband 14 is pushed downwardly toward the lower end of the clasp 6 itencounters the inclined portion 15 of the jaw 10 and forces the two jawsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Serial No. 271,211.

toward each other and thus firmly clamps the upper end of the stocking16 between the cylindrical portion 12 and the curved portion 13 andclamps it securely without tea-ring or injuring the same.

In the drawing Fig. 2, the clasp 5 is shown opened with the plait 17 ofthe drawers leg 18 in position to be clamped between the two jaws of theclasp. The clasp 5 is connected to the upper end of the tape 7 by a loop19.

The upper and lower clasps are both preferably constructed of fiatspring metal so that when the band 1 1 is slid away from the ends of thejaws l0 and 11 the aws will spring open to release the material whichhas been clamped by them as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In using the supporter the upper end is secured to the drawers leg 18 bytaking a small plait in the same and inserting this plait 17 between thejaws 10 and 11 and then sliding the band is toward the free end of thejaws thus clamping the plait 17 between the jaws 10 and 11. In the sameway the stocking is clamped between the jaws 12 and 13 as illustrated inFig. 2.

I claim:

A clasp for a hose supporter comprising two jaws, one of said jawsterminating at one end thereof in a cylindrical portion extendingtransversely thereacross, the other of said jaws terminating at its freeend in a curved portion adjacent to said cylindrical portion, saidcurved portion conforming to the curvature of said cylindrical portion,and a band encircling said jaws and slidable thereon whereby said jawsmay be clamped together and material inserted therebetween firmlysecured thereto, each of the jaws being so related to the other as to beat all times yieldable toward each other within said band to entirelyrelieve the pressure against said band during its movements upon saidjaws, the curved ends of said jaws also being so related to each otheras to sepa rate automatically when the pressure thereon is relieved bysaid band.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. LEARY.

Witnesses CHARLES S. GOODING, FRANKLIN E. Low.

